Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee sits down for lunch Thursday before speaking at the Republican National Committee winter meeting in Washington, D.C.

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KATHLEEN PARKER
The Washington Post

Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor and Republican presidential candidate, talk-show host and erstwhile Baptist preacher, was trying to demythologize the alleged Republican "war on women" so brilliantly defined by Democrats in 2012.

Speaking at the Republican National Committee winter meeting Thursday, Huckabee said it was time to "no longer accept listening to the Democrats talk about a war on women." Republicans aren't waging a war ON women, he said. "They have a war FOR women." ...